>Dario and Boris have us convinced that “coding is solved” with their loops. But microwaves didn’t solve cooking.

If you want a look at the timeline where the microwave solved cooking, this was an interesting article: https://malmesbury.substack.com/p/my-journey-to-the-microwav.... You can apparently sear meat with a microwave (provided you have the necessary pan).

Haha thanks for that article (I microwave most of my meals). I wonder if this statement from the article will apply to AI:

> Second, microwave cooking fell victim to the same curse that threatens every new easy-to-use technology: it became low-status tech.